One of New Hampshire’s largest labor unions has declined to endorse President Joe Biden for his 2024 reelection campaign.
In a statement, the New Hampshire State Employees’ Association/SEIU Local 1984 said Biden was not sufficiently pro-labor and that his record does not merit an automatic reendorsement. They urged other Democrats to run to make the race a competitive Democratic primary instead. However, the organization remained open to endorsing him in the future.
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“Following a robust analysis of the current political landscape, we have come to the conclusion that our members and New Hampshire voters deserve a competitive Democratic Primary,” the statement read. “While we respect President Biden’s decades of experience in public service and his commitment to public policy, we believe that his record and actions during his first term as president do not merit an automatic re-endorsement. We eagerly await his return to the Granite State to continue the conversation about his labor priorities, and our door is always open to President Biden.”
It went on to ask for Biden or another candidate to be “fully committed to labor.” The union listed that some of its priorities included “a significantly higher minimum wage, the PRO Act, Railroad workers’ right to strike, Starbucks workers’ right to organize and truly all working people’s rights to a living wage.”
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It concluded by reaffirming the union’s happiness to engage with Biden and all other candidates favorable to labor.
The same day the union issued its statement against endorsing the president, Biden labeled himself the “most pro-union president in American history” in a speech to union workers Tuesday following his announcement that he would be seeking reelection in 2024.
